When Emma Oppen and Keith Brower Brown of Trails and Ways graduated from UC Berkley, they both took off to opposite sides of the globe - Oppen headed to Spain, and KBB to Brazil. Upon returning, they each brought home the souveniers of their musical experiences. Together, they assembled the four-piece group that self-describes their unique sound as bossanova dream pop. A few weeks back, we shared their song "Como Te Vas" as our inaugural Single Serving, as its tropical rhythm was as radiant as a palmed paradise.

As we alluded to in the Single Serving, we recently recorded Trails and Waves live in Austin during Hype Hotel's stellar Thursday night lineup which also included the likes of Kodaline, Beach Fossils, and The Specials. With their vibrant fusion of intercontinental pop, this quartet kicked the night into gear with infectious tunes off their forthcoming album Trilingual.

Tau, tau, tau Tau Tau, tau, tau Tau, tau...tau Tau, tau, tau Tau, tau, tau Tau, tau...tau Tau, tau, tau ¿Cómo te vas? ¿Cómo, cómo, cómo, cómo, cómo te vas? ¿Cómo te vas? ¿Cómo, cómo, cómo, cómo, cómo te vas? Sé cuidarme Como no lo sabes tú Sé amarme Como no lo sabes tú ¿Cómo te vas? ¿Cómo, cómo, cómo, cómo, cómo te vas? ¿Cómo te vas? ¿Cómo, cómo, cómo, cómo, cómo te vas? Sé cuidarme Como no lo sabes tú Sé amarme Como no lo sabes tú Sé cuidarme Como no lo sabes tú Sé amarme Como no lo sabes tú ¿Cómo te vas? ¿Cómo, cómo, cómo, cómo, cómo te vas? ¿Cómo te vas? ¿Cómo, cómo, cómo, cómo, cómo te vas? ¿Cómo te vas? Show me your Sao Paulo I want to go where you hide out Where you paint graffiti I'll follow ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah Show me shapes, spiral lines I can't translate And leave your mark, felt tip pen Your tag, my chest I wanna tell you how you'll understand I will nunca nunca Te esconder, desaparecer, nunca Nunca, nunca ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah You tell me your city is only a maze Of walls and laws you just can't obey You cannot find answers these days That tattoo on the city arms, on the city face I want to tell you how you'll understand I will nunca nunca Te esconder, desaparecer, nunca Nunca, nunca Te esconder, desaparecer, nunca Nunca, nunca Nunca, nunca Nunca, nunca Nunca, nunca nunca Nunca, nunca Te esconder, desaparecer, nunca Nunca nunca Te esconder, desaparecer, nunca Nunca, nunca Nunca, nunca Nunca, nunca nunca Nunca, nunca Nunca, nunca nunca ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah - Hi, everybody, we're Trails and Ways. We've got some songs we want to play for you. Next up is a song by our drummer Ian Quirk, in the back. I want to make room for you Hope that you want to make room for me Room for me I want to get through to you Hope that you're not through with me Through with me You make me want to ah ah ah ah You make me really want to work it out You make me really want to really want to make me want to ah ah ah ah You make me really want to work it out You make me really want to, want to, want to, true for you You make me want to be true for me True for me I want to be new for you You know you'll always feel new to me New to me You make me want to ah ah ah ah But I really want to work it out But I really want to really want to make me want to ah ah ah ah You make me really want to work it out You make me really want to want to want me want to oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh You make me want to ah ah ah ah You make me really want to work it out You make me really want to really want to make me want to ah ah ah ah You make me really want to work it out You make me really want to want to want oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh You took me to the mountains You held all of me in your hands My wariness cracked like a stone I told you to fall for me Just to test the line I meant that and I meant that alone You deserve some kind of warning It'd be, it'd be it'd better be better If I, if I didn't fall if I didn't fall for you It'd be better if I didn't fall for you You're so strong You're just hanging there laughing Like a lure to me Am I so wrong? - My fingers are white with your chalk You're so strong It's time I tell you that You deserve some kind of warning It'd be, it'd be it'd be better If I, if I didn't fall if I didn't fall for you It'd be, it'd be it'd be better It'd better be better But I know you'd catch me, it's written In that mountain tune Yeah, I know you'd catch me, it's written In that mountain tune Clamber on up me, I want you to Clamber on up me, clamber on up me Clamber on up me, I want you to Clamber on up me, I want you to I saw a secret city Out itself in place and time I felt open shutters It's made me false We are marching for something Bigger than I can hold We are marching for somewhere Somewhere I've not been told I try to say something I can't take back Loving the light on your face Tuesday fast asleep A city map with no red lines No real estate that's history Light beyond capital You're part culpable Is that so radical Was that was, was that was Was that was that what was that what we were fighting for Then I tried to say something I can't take back She stayed, waiting She stayed, waiting She stayed, waiting She stayed, waiting Lightly on capital Your heart palpable Is that so radical Was that what, was that what Was that what you were fighting for She said she said She said she said She said she said She said, waiting I saw a secret city I saw a secret city - Goodnight, everybody we're Trails and Ways.

Artist Bio

Indie-pop four-piece from Oakland, Calif. that self identifies as "Brazilian shoegaze" was listed as one of Hype Machine's most blogged about artists of 2012.